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Carrollton City Schools * 106 Trojan Drive * Carrollton, GA 30117 * Sept. 8 ,  2017
Teachers of the Year to be recognized

THE highlight of this coming Tuesday's Carrollton Board of Education meeting will be recognition of all four district Teachers of the Year and the announcement of the Carrollton City Schools Teacher of the Year for 2017-2018. The system representative will be chosen from the four school TOTYs above. It indeed is a difficult task, as all are candidates worthy of the honor! Karen Warren is a special education teacher at Carrollton Elementary School, Kym Hilbert teaches math at Carrollton Middle School, Emmanuel Reddish is a language arts teacher at Carrollton Junior High School and Thomas Keith is a math teacher at Carrollton High School. The district representative will compete against other system Teachers of the Year across the state for the honor of representing Georgia in 2018.

FoodCorps and School Nutrition in the news
Carrollton City Schools' renowned School Nutrition program once again is making the news - this time featured in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Living section this Sunday. The article is about FoodCorps involvement in schools throughout Georgia. The report talks about how Carrollton City Schools is the first school system in Georgia to have FoodCorps work with the School Nutrition program. Read the article. Above, last year's FoodCorps volunteer Dory Cooper shows CES students the progress of a vertical garden they produced. This year's FoodCorps service member working with the School Nutrition department is Sara Black.
Junior Beta is a popular club!

Yes, you may need a magnifying glass to recognize these students who were inducted into Carrollton Junior High School's Junior Beta Club this week, but hey - that's a good problem to have! Congratulations to all of these students who have committed to continue to be stellar students in addition to dedicated community servants! Want a closer look? Click on the photo for a larger view. 
District uses social media to push literacy
Social media is a platform to communicate used by most everyone these days. That's why we've decided to ramp up our focus on literacy through this medium with weekly tips on how you can help us "change lives" through intentional development of this important life skill. Here are tips posted this past Tuesday on exposing toddlers to literacy in a fun and engaging way. Want even more? Check Facebook each Tuesday for our weekly literacy posts and visit  getgeorgiareading.org for more detailed information on literacy development.
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